Chapter 387 *

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After entering Shandong, the army immediately entered a state of combat readiness. The whole west of Shandong from Dongchang Prefecture to Guzhou Prefecture was basically under the control area of thieves. As soon as the army arrived, it encountered sporadic resistance.

Song Nan ordered Lu Wan to lead 3,000 cavalry east along the north of Jinan Prefecture to eliminate the remaining enemy and recover the county occupied by the thief soldiers. Lu Wan knew that this was Song Nan's test of his ability, so he led the army to sweep away one day and night, and quickly drove away all the thief soldiers in the northeast of the east, recaptured a small number of the state capital where the thief soldiers were stationed, and zero Star resistance, they compressed and rushed to the area of the state.

Five days later, the army went south, and thousands of thieves in Dongchang Prefecture fled to defend Gonzhou. The army advanced all the way to the area of Dongpingzhou, which was only dozens of miles away from the main force of the thief soldiers.

Song Nan ordered the army to stop moving forward, and the four parties sent dozens of groups to explore the news to understand the deployment of the thief soldiers in the state government and make corresponding adjustments. Due to the pressure of the army, the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Hu's army occupying Ganzhou also reduced the pressure on Jinan Prefecture. The Tianjin Sanwei, who defended Jinan Prefecture, finally did not have to nest in Jinan Prefecture. Song Nan ordered Tianjin Sanwei soldiers and horses to go to Ningyang from Jinan Prefecture, and the army led by Song Nan showed a horny situation, and stared at the soldiers to Go to Ganzhou.

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In the government of Gongzhou, Yang Hu received a letter from Liu from the Feiyun Ferry in Pei County on the north bank of the Yellow River. The letter said that Feiyundu was about to break, requiring Yang Hu to defend Gongzhou and buy time for Liu to fully occupy Feiyundu, otherwise the people and horses would be compressed by the officers and soldiers in these dozen prefectures and counties north of the Yellow River, and there would never return. There is room for rotation.

Yang Hu was very anxious. At the beginning, he proposed to give up going south to cross the Yellow River. After occupying Gonzhou, he went straight to Henan, but Liu did not listen to his suggestion. Liu Liu said that the number of soldiers and horses at hand had exceeded 50,000, enough to occupy a stable territory. It was unrealistic to stand in the north of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Only by fighting the Yangtze River and occupying Nanjing can we gain a foothold.

The southern army is weak, but it is a rich place. Based on the south of the Yangtze River, it can also rely on the Yangtze River as a danger to block the pursuit of officers and soldiers.

Yang Hu also felt that this plan could work at that time, but now it seems to be taken for granted. Slowly speaking, even a small Yellow River has crossed seven or eight times, and has paid a painful price for it. Now that officers and soldiers are suppressing the situation, it is even more difficult to do, and defend Gangzhou? Damn it, what's the use of guarding it? Sooner or later, you will die if you can't get off the ferry.

Complaining, and complaining, the state still has to be defended. Although the officers and soldiers in the north are a large army of nearly 40,000 people, it took little effort to take the state, and there is not much damage to the city defense. The 20,000 soldiers at hand can defend the city and delay the pace of the officers and soldiers.

"Immediately drive away the whole city's people to strengthen the city defense and assist in defending the city. Both men, women and children need to participate. In addition, we should speed up the production of feather arrows, prepare more wood and stones, confiscate civilian fire oil and other things, and some officers and soldiers attack the city. I will give them some powerful taste.

In the lobby of the government office of Kunzhou, Yang Hu summoned a large group of thieves who had been appointed as generals of the founding of the People's Republic of China and other threately surrendered to order them to defend Guzhou.

The founding general, Qi Yanming, the ruffian leader of Wen'an County, frowned and said, "Marshal Yang, there is not enough rolling stones in the city, and you dare to open the gate. Where can I find it?"

Yang Husen said, "This question is stupid enough. Can there be thousands of houses in the city without wood and stone? After slitting their house, the beam is the best rolling wood, and the stone on the wall is the best stone. Do you still need me to teach you?

Qi Yanming scratched his head and said, "But didn't Tianshuai say more than ten days ago that we should rectify military discipline, not burn, kill and loot, and not disturb the people? After shawing their houses, where do the people of the whole city live?

Yang Hu looked at Qi Yanming for a long time and suddenly laughed and said, "Lao Qi, do you also believe in Tianshuai? Tianshuai said that he treats the people like parents. Why don't you go to the street to call the people parents one by one? Why don't you kneel and kowtow to them? Stupid, what are we rebelling for, not for ourselves? Tianshuai listened to the words of several scholars who defected to Dongchang Mansion and said that he loved the people and respected the people. He didn't commit any crime. He divided gold, silver and jewelry. They all fooled the people and the soldiers below. Otherwise, who would follow us?

Qi Yanming scratched his head and said, "So it is."

Yang Hu said, "Go and prepare immediately. The officers and soldiers have rested for a day, and tomorrow they will have to be under the city. Today, they must be all ready. If the people are not obedient, do they still need me to teach you?"

Qi Yanming said, "Cut it immediately."

Yang Hu said, "Yes, you are not confused."

A general said, "General Yang, what's the use of guarding the city of Gozhou like this? Can Tianshuai's army come back to save us? If we don't save it, we will become a lonely city.

Yang Hu stared at him and said, "How could Tianshuai ignore us? Tianshuai's letter said that the battle at Feilong Ferry was in full course, and 2,000 soldiers and horses had successfully crossed the river, and they could completely seize the ferry in a day. After occupying the ferry, Tianshuai will lead a large army back to aid Ganzhou. At that time, we will break through the siege of officers and soldiers to the south of the Yellow River, and then cross the Yangtze River to capture Nanjing. The officers and soldiers will be out of reach. Do you know? There are beautiful women in Jiangnan. There have always been the most beautiful women in Jiangnan in the emperor's harem. At that time, each of you will get ten or eight, and you can sleep as much as you like.

The leaders showed their eyes and rubbed their palms with their mouths.

Yang Hu looked at everyone's expressions with satisfaction and secretly prayed that Liu could really take down the Feiyun Ferry and come back to welcome him to break through the siege as he said in the letter. Feiyundu has attacked so many times, and it is reasonable that he should be successful.

On this day in the city of Gunzhou, it has become a hell on earth. The wolf-like thief soldiers began to drive the whole city to participate in the defense of the city. What's more cruelly, the people had to tear down their houses with their own hands under the drive of the thief soldiers, and brought the beams, bricks and stones to the city as rolling stone guarding the city, and their hearts were cut like knives.

The thieves were as fierce as wolves and tigers. They punched and kicked a little, and killed dozens of people on the street to warn those who were unwilling to obey. Most of the people were as obedient as *, but some rebellious people rose up to resist. Dozens of ** broke out in the streets and alleys, and more than 50 thieves were violent. The people smashed into meat and mud with stones and wooden sticks, but the violent people could not do anything more. Hundreds of people involved were shot and killed by the thief soldiers, and the thief soldiers hung their heads on long poles on both sides of the street and rumbling in the wind.

Tens of thousands of people in the whole city of Gozhou were forced to carry wood and stones back and forth, but there was a dead silence. Except for the scolding of the thief soldiers and the sound of the whip beating, no one made a sound. Even the babies in their babies in their babies did not dare to cry with their eyes wide eyes. The whole city was like a death City.

The next morning, as Yang Hu expected, the main force of officers and soldiers arrived in two places in the west of the north of the city. Looking around, the black soldiers and horses were full of the sun, and the banners were dazzling, which made people shocked.

Song Nan now holds the three guards of Xuanfu, the three guards of Tianjin, and 5,000 Jinyiwei in his hand, counting more than 40,000. For the first time, Song Nan's emotions were very excited when he commanded such a large-scale soldiers and horses to attack Jiancheng. After riding horses to inspect the city defense of the city of Genzhou City, Song Nan's heart sank to the bottom; this strong city is unique. It is not easy to get it. The wall with a height of two feet and seven feet can basically calculate that the thickness of the wall should be about 1.56. There is a large space behind the tall stacks. At least 7,000 or 8,000 people can stand on both sides of the wall to defend the city, and a large number of equipment can be placed.

The number of thieves in the city is basically full. It can be imagined that the number of thieves is far more than that. There are at least tens of thousands of thieves in this city, and even their own army in the field may not be able to guarantee annihilation, not to mention the strong city walls, which is even more difficult.

Song Nan silently returned to the array and summoned several confidant generals to discuss countermeasures. Song Nan did not want to forcibly attack, because the price was too high. When he defended Xin'an County, he knew the disadvantages of the attacking side. A complete strong attack could not bring victory. Even if the number of people was several times the enemy, Song Nan did not want to let his men. The soldiers and horses died in vain.

"Big governor, it seems to be a tough battle. I don't need to say anything. The humble position is willing to lead the first wave of the front army to attack, and whoever is always afraid of death can win."

Xu Tai and Jiang Bin are good friends, and their tempers are also a little similar. They both have a lifeless posture. At the time of Xuanfu, they also fought several battles with the Tart. They once had the creation of killing 800 cavalry with 1,000 infantry to shake the Tart. They exchanged their lives one by one, and there were 300 soldiers left in the last 1,000 soldiers, Tart. The remaining 400 cavalry took the initiative to retreat but were chased away.

Song Nan looked at Xu Tai and smiled and said, "General Xu is a brave general. I've heard of this for a long time, but it's not your turn to be the vanguard."

Xu Tai said urgently, "What? Don't adults believe in the ability of humble positions?"

Song Nan said, "It's not that I don't believe you, but it's not that far. The hard fight is too big. The fierce battle has just begun. There is still the main force of the thief soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River. How can we deal with the thief soldiers behind us?"

Xu Tai was silent, and Lu Wan said, "What the governor said is that the price of a hard attack is too high, and it's better to have a clever trick."

Song Nan said, "Do you have any ideas, Lord Lu?"

Lu Wan said, "I haven't figured it out yet. Before I arrived at the city, I thought about the art of breaking the city. I wanted to ask adults to bombard the gate or city wall with a cannon, and collapse a place to break the city, but now it seems impossible."

Hou Dabiao said, "Why not? The city wall is unbreakable, and the gate is always broken.

Song Nan shook her head and said, "There are obvious traces of earth and stone near the left side of the gate. Obviously, the gate cave has been sealed. The thief must have sealed the gate cave, and they still can't enter after opening the gate."

Lu Wan said, "Your excellency said that the gate cave must be blocked."

Hou Dabiao and Xu Tai didn't believe it. Song Nan called Zhang Ning and pushed out three cannons at the city gate and bombarded six or seven cannons. The thick city gate was smashed by bombardment, but after the hole was opened, the dense sandbags piled up in the city gate hole without a trace of space, which was indeed sealed.

"What the bitch, are these thieves going to bury themselves alive in the city?" Xu Tai scolded.

Song Nan sighed and said, "It's useless to camp first. I'll think of another way. Xu Tai and Hou Dabiao, each lead a thousand cavalry around the city to see if there is a breakthrough in the city defense. Lord Lu, take people to set up the camp."

Everyone had no choice but to take the order and left; Song Nan smiled at Zhang Yong, who was following him, "Eunuch Zhang, you can also go and rest."

Zhang Yongyi smiled and said, "Big Governor, you must play beautifully in the first battle, so that the court can look at it with new eyes."

Song Nan smiled and said, "What Grandpa Zhang said is that I am so cautious because it is the first war. Although a strong attack is feasible, it is not the best strategy. Grandpa Zhang will not think that I am afraid of the enemy."

Zhang Yong laughed and said, "I, Zhang Yong, don't accept what Lord Song said, but I surrender to Lord Song. As long as you think about it, there is nothing you can't do. Your Excellency use your own soldiers, and I, as a supervisor, will not hold you back."